two straight starts carmona couldnt get out of a jam in the middle innings, that is a little disturbing... his control has been a problem lately, he walks to many guys and it gets him in trouble ... ive noticed this with a lot of our pitchers... we need to throw more first pitch strikes, to many of our pitchers get behind in the count to often.... you cant consistently get behind in the count, b/c then you have to throw a meatball and it gets hit hard somewhere.... ive never been a fan of carl willis as the pitching coach and i dont think he is a very good one !

Tribefan24 wrote:.... ive never been a fan of carl willis as the pitching coach and i dont think he is a very good one !

That's fairly obvious to this point in his tenure. He messed up Guthrie. Sowers is in the tank and who knows if he'll get back on his feet. The Tribe seems to have these lights out prospects that once they get to the show they end up wetting the bed more often than not.

If the Tribe ends up letting down in the second half, I believe no shortage of blame should be placed in the lap of Willis.

The Tribe is still tied for the lead, and we haven't seen them at their best at any point this year. They'll need to ramp up for the stretch run in August and September, since most of their games will be on the road. At this point, Willis and his buddy Wedge are inspiring little confidence for a strong second half.

I hope I'm wrong, but Wedge and Willis should be on the hook if the Tribe takes a dump in the stretch run.

Cleveland: Where the Tower is Terminal and the Lake is Erie- Alex Bevan

Perez is a rally killer and I love it. He pitches well in those situations, he just got hit sorta hard in the next inning, but it's all good. Good game today. Blake, Grady, Marty, Pronk, and even Nixon getting in extra bases, along with Gark, and others. Good job guys. ya gotta love em...